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A Visit From Curious ing of the people who work behind the

scenes of running an airline.
And Excited Little Ones Flight Operations Manager - highlighted
Here, Captain Tan Mong Loong - the
the many jobs or career opportunities
available within an airport or airline
management office. Also, a short slide
show presentation was shown to the
excited children about the various
vehicles used at an airport - such as the
pushback tug, catering truck, baggage
cart and passenger steps - to enhance
the students’ knowledge of general
aviation.
He stressed that there are many pos-
sible careers in and around the airport,
such as pilots, air traffic controllers, fire-
men, maintenance engineers, support
staff, IT staff, finance, retail business and
There was cake! even aviation management.
Many interesting questions were
asked during the casual briefing session,
n April 11, 2017, a turboprop short-haul regional airliner one of them being about the many
group of 26 children manufactured by the French-Italian gauges in the cockpit. The educational
and four teachers aircraft manufacturer ATR. tour ended with the children cutting
from Dwi Emas The engineers were on hand to lead a cake together with the airline’s CEO
OInternational School the tour and talk to the children about Ignatius Ong, as part of Firefly’s 10 BIG
visited the Firefly hangar and headquar- how the different parts of the aircraft Anniversary celebrations. They were
ters to learn what a hanger is and how it work. The visitors even had a chance to given goodie bags with Firefly t-shirts
works. go into the cockpit and a safety demon- before proceeding to have their lunch.
The children were given a tour of stration was given as well. The school’s management expressed
the hangar, visiting different areas to After the tour of the hangar, all their thanks to Firefly, saying that
learn about airplanes and the visit also students and teachers were taken to the children had a fantastic time and
included a tour inside one of Firefly’s Firefly headquarters at CITTA Mall in Ara found it immensely enjoyable as well as
ATR72-500 planes, a twin-engine Damansara to have a better understand- educational.

A Surprise Visit To Subang Skypark To Meet And Greet Passengers

The morning of Friday, April 21, 2017, A family of four from New Zealand shared a conversation at the check-in
was quite an exciting one for many who were in Kuala Lumpur for a three counter where Dato’ praised and thanked
passengers at the Subang Skypark airport days trip were delighted to meet Ong and Ong for his remarkable work in ensuring
as they were personally greeted by the thanked him for the awesome promotions top notch safety and services.
CEO of Firefly Airlines himself, Ignatius and commendable work in hiring such
Ong. The visit was made to make the day gracious cabin crew and competent pilots.
a memorable one for passengers in con- The husband said: “We are flying to
junction with Firefly’s 10th anniversary. Singapore with Firefly before we head
A passenger flying with her family was back to New Zealand and this is truly a
ecstatic to be greeted by the man himself memorable experience for us. You truly do
at the check-in counter. She said that she keep up to your tagline ‘Beyond Conve-
instantly recognised him as she always nience’. Thank you Firefly!”
read the Fireflyz in-flight magazine One of the special guests at the airport
whenever she was on board. that morning was Dato’ Kulasegaran
“This are both my sons first ever flight Sabaratnam, who is a frequent flyer with
and they got to meet the airline CEO. Firefly Airlines. Being a prominent lawyer,
How much cooler can it be and what a he travels frequently to most of Firefly’s Ong and Dato’ Kulasegaran
fantastic way to start our journey,” said the destinations to attend meetings and shared a conversation.
beaming passenger. luncheons. Ong and Dato’ Kulasegaran

10 ~ FireFlyz